Meaning & use

sapota

noun·Advanced

A sweet, brown-skinned tropical fruit with soft, grainy flesh, also known as sapodilla or chikoo.

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Street vendors in the market sold ripe sapota alongside mangoes and bananas.

The smoothie combined sapota with milk and a spoonful of honey for extra sweetness.

A note on using this word

Sapota is the name commonly used in South Asia, while sapodilla is more familiar in other English-speaking regions for the same fruit.

Words with a similar meaning

sapodillachikoo

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